Book soap



Nbv. s, 1927. 1,648,778

. D. W. MITCHELL BOOK SOAP Filed Aug. 14. 1922 ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE. I

DAVID W. MITCHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 7

BOOK SOAP.

Application filed August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,825.

ly of an inferior grade and of such naturethat'particular people do not care to use it and again it is more or less unsanitary in that it is used by several persons.

An object of the present invention is to provide soap in book leaf form, in which leaves are carried by 'a cover or binder, in the form of a pocket memorandum book so that they can be conveniently carried about and arranged so that a leaf, or portion of a leaf may be torn from the book when needed,

and it is also an object of this invention to provide certain of the leaves of the book of carbolic or other antiseptic soap or analogous material for use in case of accident or when necessary.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a book of soap. Fig. 2 is a section through thebook of soap taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of one of the leaves of soap.

In carrying out my invention I form ordinary soap into a leaf like structure. Pref- 40 'erably this soap is such that it possesses, to a slight degree, resiliency in order that it shall notbe brittle. The specific contents of the soap forms no part of my invention as those skilled in the art will be able to 0ompound a soap possessing the just mentioned characteristic.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the soap is made in leaf form, as clearly shown in the drawings, and these leaves 1 may be .of any pre-determined thickness so that a number of them may be contained in the cover 2, in book formation and still provide a book of such size that it can be conveniently carried about in the pocket of the user. The leaves 1 of soap are perforated 5a transversely as shown at 3 to divide each leaf ,into a plurality of sections which may be readily removed one at a time when needed, each cake being designed to provide sufficient soap for one washing of the hands and face of the user.

As is clearlyshown in Fig. 3, each section of the leaves is arranged so as to embody a border portion around the center portion; This is done in order to increase the rigidity of the leaves so as to decrease the likelihood of breakage. It is to be understood that if desired each leaf might be constructed so as to dispense with the sections and in this event the border portion would be arranged so as to be of greater thickness than the cen ter portion.

In the drawings, the cover 2 is of the ring binder type which maybe purchased on the open "market, and the leaves -1 are provided with openings 4 :to adapt. them for ready placing in the hinder or cover 2.

If it is so desired, the binder'may be used as'an advertising medium or it may :be made of relatively expensive material such as leather, or the like and refilled with leaves of soap when the initial supply has been exhausted. It is also" desirable to provide at least one of the leaves of I carbolic or analogous antiseptic soap or. material for use when necessary, and corresponding instructions may be printedupon the cover or binder.

In the drawings, a pocket 5 is illustrated on the outer surface of the cover or binder 2 for the purpose of retaining court plaster or any other suitable material, however, it\ -is to be understood that the pocket may be eliminated or it may be placed on the inner' side of the cover, withoutdeparting from the spirit of this invention. 1-

It is, of course, to be understoodthat the invention may be constructed in other manners and the parts associated in. different relations and, therefore, I do not desire to I be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what aplurality of substantially equally shaped I claim is: rectangular pieces permitting detachment of 10 The combination with a book cover includportions of each leaf from the attaching ing attaching rings, of a plurality of leaves rings, the openings defined by each leaf per- 3 formed of soap each perforated along one mitting individual securing of the leaf to edge to define openings for the passage of the attaching ring. v the attaching rings, said leaves being per- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

forated transversely to divide the leaves into DAVID W. MITCHELL. 

